Things that instantly kill your interest in a game

[Abedeus]

Horrible DRM. From gameplay point of view, forced co-op like in Borderlands or Trine.. both awesome games, both apparently need one or more other people to play with.

I don't want my single-player games with other people.

Oh, and a game-specific one - Arena mode in Hammerfight was awesome, till every enemy and his mother started carrying not only super-accurate guns (which CAN be blocked with shields), but also mega-ranged bombs and NUKES. Yeah. Hammer-fight. Not Dynamite-Toss.

Any time the word "Pokemon" is attached, my interest is killed with a high powered sniper rifle from over a mile away.

Pokemon (Soul)Silver.

I DARE YOU.

 

[Stormz]

Online only DRM(Steam, Origin, Ubisoft) is a HUGE turn off. This is the only reason why I'm already reconsidering Skyrim and not buying Diablo 3. I may get skyrim for xbox still I'm not sure.

RTS. I suck at them and have never improved no matter how much I try. I don't buy them anymore period. I still can't beat warcraft 3. Playing them online is even worse because it seems like every online RTS community is filled with scum, this includes DOTA games.

Streamlining(AKA dumbing it down for the masses) I'm not a retard. I don't need glittering items, glowing trails and a stat system so simple a baby could understand it.

 

[TheLoneBeet]

I hate fighting games. Soulcalibur kind of fighting games. I just find them awful and as soon as I see combat similar to it I'm turned off. I don't want to mash buttons and attempt ridiculous combos in a tiny area fighting a single opponent. I'm fine with the exact same type of game-play against multiple opponents (like God of War) but something about arena-style combat irritates me to no end.

 

[Firia]

if game too difficult like with demon's souls and because it was too hard i will not be buying Dark Souls because of that and that alone.

Are you.... being ironic? Sarcastic?

no i'm serious. i just don't like difficult games.

if game too difficult like with demon's souls and because it was too hard i will not be buying Dark Souls because of that and that alone.

Are you.... being ironic? Sarcastic?

Butting in here; based on what you've quoted, I do not see any hint of irony or sarcasm. A person can be turned off by to much challenge while others revel in it.

I realize but, it's just, that was the game's entire selling point, to each his own and all, but..... I dunno, that statement just itches.

Would it made it different if he named off something like the Devil May Cry series, which is renowned for its difficulty curve among its gameplay? I think it's worth just letting him have his face value statement and not see something that isn't there.

It is fair, for the topic, to say super challenging games like Demons/Dark Souls which feature a difficulty curve above most hard games, is a turn off. You won't likely see these games on this persons shelf. It's valid. Just let him have his statement of opinion.

On topic; Even though I answered earlier, I will answer anew; formula games that attempt to emulate the success of another [em]shamelessly.[/em] I sat in on the Knights of the Old Republic panel at Main theater PAX. Now I'm not a fan of Star Wars** beyond the original 3 movies, so it's possible I was being overly critical. But the gameplay of the assault on the "Eternity Vault" that volunteers played through (to end in a party wipe), felt less like star wars, and more like the next WoW game, but from Biowares chair.

[sub]** I was an Enforcer at Main Theater, which is why I was there. If I was an attendee, I wouldn't have gone to that panel. [/sub]

 

[Ninjat_126]

Several things.

For one, whenever they say move or kinect support. I don't care if I'm considered lazy by the bulk of society, I'm not getting off my rump to wave my arms around the room like a freakin psycho.

Second, when a game series I love starts messing shit up in an obvious attempt to grab money. Bioshock Infinite is the main one that comes to mind. You want to make a story about a city in the sky? Fine Levine, copy and paste the story for a third time. But Don't copy and paste the name to. Try and be creative with the title, don't just slap BIOSHOCK on there so that instantly casual bioshock fans happen to be in Gamestop one day and see BIOSHOCK Infinite and think, "Oh awesome I loved the other Bioshock's!" and then they buy it having no idea that this ISN'T Bioshock.

And that's about it.

Bioshock isn't "Rapture: The Game". Infinite has the same dystopian-style setting, the RPG style weapon/ability customisations, giant mechanical horrors and crowds of psychopathic madmen. That sounds a lot like Bioshock to me, and I actually like the new direction the series is taking.

For me, probably seeing a menu with hundreds of different stats on it come up. I get the idea of balancing fire defence and ice defence and lightning defence and ranged defence and melee armour piercing and XP and GP and HP, but seeing massive tables full of numbers just make me drop the controller instantly.

 

[Abedeus]

Japanese-style anime usually turns me off a game. That doesn't mean I hate all games like that, it just means that I don't usually buy them (or even like them). I love Kingdom Hearts but thats about it for those kind of games.

Excuse me, but... is there a NON-Japanese anime? I mean other than Korean/Chinese ones?

 

[SEPECAT]

Sonic

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

unskippable tutorial pisses me off

if the interface isnt obvious, or the manual is inadequate, then there are gillions of internet resources an alt-tab away to help on every level

don't waste dev time on something the intern should be writing and including as a PDF with the installer

 

[Randomologist]

Enemies with magically accurate weapons, that do not retain these wondrous properties the moment you get your hands on them.

I hate infinitely respawning enemies, as well. If I clear a room, and I go the other side of that map, I do not expect to have to fight millions of soldiers who are suddenly right behind me. I don't have infinite ammo, or infinite health, so fuck you and fuck off.

 

[thetruefallen]

Anything that sells its self with a "realistic art-style" but only contains the colours brown and gray... I've been outside, the real world has so many more colours than that.

 

[Slowbear]

We are adding multiplayer to a singleplayer game.
Bioshock 2 go stand in the corner you to portal 2

 

[DustyDrB]

Horror. And I have a very broad definition of what counts as horror. I almost quit Mass Effect on the very first mission because of the Husks. I did quit BioShock after an hour because of the freaky atmosphere. And I put Uncharted away for days when it took a sudden turn about six hours in. Whenever I had to fight those things I put on some music and tried not to focus too hard on the game. So I don't even give real horror games a chance.

Typically, a game being in first-person will kill my interest in it as well. There have been a few exceptions, though.

 

[TheCommie12]

the second a character says "ancient mystical cult" or there if the game box quotes Gamespot..

 

[Captain_Fantastic]

bad multiplayer and i dont mean lag or bad servers i mean the people who im playing with i absolutely CANNOT stand when i start off in an online game a complete newbie and get absolutely destroyed by some 12 year old badmouth chipmunk who is most likely homeschooled because how else do you get to lvl 989 with shiny uber gear i can even deal with the 12 year old chipmunk thing but when there is way to big of a difference between starting and being good then i lose interest

 

[Ham_authority95]

Repetitive gameplay. The best example of this are most mainstream shooters out today.

I can stand them if I'm with friends goofing around and talking, but by myself they just make me want to go into another room and listen to my iPod. Include more fucking mechanics and gameplay options, please.

 

[Burnseasons]

this is an interesting question. For me its if the story is black and white. the villains are "dark shadowy creatures" and the good are "shining white knights". Makes me want to eat a gerbil, ffs. example: Nier.

Okay..your example has to be trolling >>
Neir is NOT Black and white. At the best its Black and Grey.

SPOILER FOR THE GAME!

Spoiler

You as the main character are the furthest thing from a hero and essentially doom all human life on the planet. Unintentionally of course. You're kinda an asshole the whole time

 

[xAFROMANx]

What people call a realistic FPS, COD i'm talking to you here.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Co-op mode in single player games, to me that screams "We couldn't iron out the crappy AI of your squad so we gave you the option to play with friends because we are too lazy!"

The new Origin service.

Always on internet connection required to play.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Gratuitous swearing or gore in a 'mature' game. Also, I'm not that attracted to female characters who shove their...assets in my face, even if they don't explicitly have any relationships with anyone. Also, competitive-multiplayer-based games in general (Left 4 Dead 2 is fine, because I don't have to play Versus or Scavenger, and it has a better plot than most four-hour FPS campaigns.)

 

[Ice Dragonhawk]

Gritty.

If I'm following a game I'm thinking about getting, and the devs say they are aiming for something 'gritty', my interest for said game usually drops. It's petty I know, but for me gritty just means dull and'll taste like chewing on sand. I like my games clean and without dirt smattered everywhere just for the 'atmosphere'

EDIT: Also over-the-top gore. Bullets that turn someone's head into a ketchup factory don't really appeal to me.